Screen



Nov. 18. 1930. w. HANLEY 1,782,203

SCREEN Filed Dec. 2, 1929 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES WILLIAM; HANLE'Y, 01 EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO FERGUSON BROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF HOIBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY SCREEN Application filed December 2, 1929. Serial No. 411,078.

The object of my invention is to produce a screen which will be very light, strong and durable.

My invention comprises a screen having its panel or panels composed of double-faced corrugated board, preferably fibre board,

which panel or panels may be directly decorated or may form a foundation for the attachment of decorative coverings of wall paper or other fabrics, as desired.

My invention furthermore comprises a screen in which the wooden boundary frame for eachpanel may be made very light and thin by providing a metal cross brace which rigidly connects the sides of the frame betweenthe top and bottom thereof andwhich is entirely housed within the panel and frame sides.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents a detail front elevation of a folding screen embodying In invention,

a portion of the screen being bro en away to show the transversely corrugated interlining for the panel.

Fig. 2 represents a transverse vertical section, taken in the plane of the line IIII of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 represents a detail enlarged transverse vertical section, taken in the plane of the line IIIIII of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 represents an enlarged detail horizontal section, taken in the plane of the line IV-IV of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 represents a detail vertical section, taken in the plane of the line V-V of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 6 represents a similar detail vertical section showing a slightly modified form of cross brace.

The screen may consist of any number of sections suitably hinged together, as is usual. Each screen section comprises a panel and its boundary frame embracing the peripheral ed es of the panel.

he screen panel is composed of what is commonly known in the art as double-faced corrugated board, preferably fibre board, and it consists of two thin outside sheets 1 and 2 and a transversely corrugated interlining sheet 3. The boundary frame for the screen panel comprises the sides 4, 5, the top 6 and the bottom 7. A kerf 8 extends around the inner peripheral edges of the frame within whlch kerf the peripheral edges of the panel are inserted. The frame is herein shown as removably secured to the container by providing suitable fastening screws 9 at the meeting ends of the top and bottom with the sides of the frame.

A metal cross brace 10 rigidly connects the sides 4 and 5 of the frame between its top and bottom, thus permitting the frame to be made of very thin and light material. This brace is housed within the panel and sides of the frame extending horizontally across the panel within one of the corrugations of the interlining 3, in the present instance.

In the left hand panel shown in Fig. 4, one end of the cross brace is provided with a tapered head 11 fitted within the flaring outer end of the.tra.nsverse bore 12 through the frame side 4. The other end of the brace is screw-threaded, as shown at 13 and a nut 14 is engaged with the screw-threaded end of the brace within a countersunk recess 15 at the outer end of the horizontal bore 16 through the frame side 5. In the present instance the nut 14 is covered by one wing of the double hinge 17 which connects this left hand screen section with the middle screen section. In the center panel one end of the cross brace 10 is bent laterally as shown at 18 within a recess 19 beneath a wing of the hinge 17 and the other end of the brace is bent laterally in the opposite direction as shown at 20 within a recess 21 beneath a wing of the double hinge 22 which connects this side of the middle screen section with its next adjacent screen section.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modified form of brace in which one end is provided with a tapered head 23 located within the flared end of the horizontal bore 24 through the frame side 4, and in which the other end of the brace is turned laterally as shown at 25 within a recess 26 beneath one wing of the double hinge 17.

By using the cross brace within its panel and frame sides it will be seen that I am enabled to make the panel frame very strong and 'light and yet leave ithe panel unobstructed.

The parts of the screen shown and described but not claimed herein form the subjectma'tter of my copending application filed November 13, 1929, Serial No. 406,876.

It is evident that various changes may be resorted to in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence, I do not wish to be limited to the particular embodiment herein shown and described, but

What I claim is 1. A screen comprising a panel of doublefaced corrugated board, and a metal cross brace rigidly connecting the sides of the frame between its top and bottom, said cross brace being housed within the panel and the frame sides.

2. A screen comprising a panel of doublefaced corrugated board in which the corrugations of the interlining sheet extend transversely, and a metal cross brace rigidly connecting the sides of the frame between its top and bottom, said cross brace being housed within the panel and the frame sides.

3. A screen comprising a panel of doublefaced corrugated board, and a removable metal cross brace rigidly connecting the sides of the frame, said cross brace being housed within the panel and the frame sides.

4. A screen comprising a panel of doublefaced corrugated board in which the corrugations of the interlining sheet extend transversely, and a removable metal cross brace rigidly connecting the sides of the frame, said cross brace being housed within the panel and the frame sides.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this 29th day of November, 1929.

WILLIAM HANLEY. 

